Melancholia.An image that attracts. It shines a light through heavy emotions. It pulls me closer, as if I was born to follow the decay of self and the fall of man. A man swallowed by melancholy, a slave to his desires, bound to the ghost of devotion.The central concept behind Melancholia is emotional confrontation and the project explores how melancholy exists within everyday life and how emotional exhaustion accumulates over time. Instead of presenting melancholy as dramatic sadness, I wanted to focus on subtle emotions such as numbness, exhaustion, repetition, loneliness, boredom, stillness and vulnerability.creative direction: @ihannyluquessaphotography: @bytelo_video: @__rerumtalent: @gregoriocristovao_special thanks to @unu.studios for this amazing collaboration.a project fully developed at home, Luanda, Angola.

MELANCHOLIA

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ACT I

A dark-skinned man in all black stands holding a uniquely shaped bag with a black fan on the floor.

A person in black clothing and a large black bag around their torso sits on a wooden chair facing away from the viewer.

A person in all black clothing holds a large black folded material next to a stack of three wooden chairs against a white wall.

A person in black clothing stands next to a white sheet on a gray floor.

A person in black clothing sits amidst three stacked wooden chairs, looking at the viewer.

A person lying on the floor under a black bag, with a brown wooden chair tipped over to the left and two stacked wooden chairs to the right.

A person in a large black sculptural hood stands next to a black floor fan against a white wall.

A young Black man wearing a black shirt peeking over a wooden chair.

A black fan sits on a grey floor against a plain white wall.

Three wooden chairs stacked precariously on top of each other against a white wall.

IHANNY LUQUESSA

MELANCHOLIA

ECHOES F/W 2025 EDITORIAL

MELANCHOLIA